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Politics : FREE AMERICA

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (6072)5/15/2006 12:08:36 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 14758
 
you don't believe we bought 50% of Saddams oil?
Yeah. Prove that. Reliable, unbiased sources only.

And what do you mean when you say oil is fungible and what does it have to do with what I said?
Let me help you.
fungible

/funjib’l/

• adjective Law (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) interchangeable with other identical items.

— ORIGIN from Latin fungi ‘perform, enjoy’.

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It doesn't matter where the oil comes from; after proper refining, you get the same products out. SH could have bought oil from Nigeria and sold it to us to satidfy a contract.
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